The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.

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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.

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Or should I say

Be a bit more specific
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Personally I don't have a problem ,with the sidestand . (thumbs)
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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.

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bond_yzf wrote:Or should I say

Be a bit more specific
Mainly iron and carbon. But other metals can be thrown in as well.
I've come to the conclusion that modern bikes are sh!te. :idea:
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Ah you've made it easy for him billy
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Well yesterday ,I was supposed too be in Germany , unfortunately due too reasons out with my control ,I'm still in Scotland . Heading north tomorrow to meet up with mabaza wild camping. If anyone fancys it please post Al (thumbs) Af warts and all .Al (thumbs)
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Ah booked a weekend in wales getting down and dirty on the DR would of been up in a shot if you had of posted sooner

When I am back from Iceland mate need a few days in Ecosse (thumbs)

Cheers Spud ;)
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Redmurty wrote:Ah booked a weekend in wales getting down and dirty on the DR would of been up in a shot if you had of posted sooner

When I am back from Iceland mate need a few days in Ecosse (thumbs)

Cheers Spud ;)
I'm sorry spud ,it's last min it I know, I was due too meet up with some German pals. Unfortunately due to a rush job I couldn't get away. And I'm semi retired .hae Ho..regards Al (thumbs)
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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.

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Zookman wrote:
Nigel wrote:To be fair the sidestand on my S10 is alloy and she ain`t exactly a slim girl :whistle: only problem I can see is if it breaks in the middle of nowhere it`s not as easy to weld :side:
Is it alloy ?
I could have sworn the sidestand on the S10 i used to have was tubular steel. The plate on the bottom had quite a large square footprint as well, i thought it was well designed.
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Nigel wrote:
Zookman wrote:
Nigel wrote:To be fair the sidestand on my S10 is alloy and she ain`t exactly a slim girl :whistle: only problem I can see is if it breaks in the middle of nowhere it`s not as easy to weld :side:
Is it alloy ?
I could have sworn the sidestand on the S10 i used to have was tubular steel. The plate on the bottom had quite a large square footprint as well, i thought it was well designed.
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Ah, they must have changed it then.... I had a gen 1.
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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.

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bond_yzf wrote:
Crossrutted wrote:At the risk of Anorak accusations....

Steel is an alloy

Most Aluminium metals is usage are alloys too.

Just sayin' (thumbs)
Please explain
I thought, you, as an engineer, would know.
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